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jument

jument noun: an animal, especially a beast of burden.

Noun

jument (plural juments)

  1. (obsolete) An animal, especially a beast of burden.
    • That men should feed on such a kinde of meat, / Which very juments would refuse to eat.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    aver

Synonyms of jument

Forms of jument

pluraljuments

Origin of jument

From Middle English jument, from Anglo-Norman jument or directly from Latin iūmentum.

Questions about jument

What does jument mean?
Jument means an animal, especially a beast of burden.
What part of speech is jument?
Jument is a noun.
What is the plural of jument?
The plural of jument is juments.

Words near jument in the dictionary

  1. Jumeirah
  2. Jumeirah Jane
  3. Jumeirah Janes
  4. jumelle
  5. jumelles
  6. jument
  7. jumentous
  8. jumentously
  9. juments
  10. Jumiekan Patwa
  11. juming

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